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Hastings, William Wilson, MM3c.

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Casualty Info

Home TownBerlin, MD

Last Address5145 Ranstead StPhiladelphia, PA

Casualty DateSep 17, 1943

CauseHostile-Body Not Recovered

ReasonOther Explosive Device

LocationPacific Ocean

ConflictWorld War II

Location of IntermentCourts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii

Wall/Plot CoordinatesCourt 3 (cenotaph)

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity

USS Pompano (SS-181) left for her patrol on 20 August 1943, heading towards the Japanese coast. She was never heard from again and is presumed to have been lost to enemy mines. Machinist's Mate, Third Class Hastings was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 4 January 1946.

Comments/Citation

Service number: 7225610

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